Question

Which statement about the Tuskegee study is false? a. The participants were not treated, although they had been told they were treated for "bad blood." b. The study lasted for 40 years. c. The Public Health Service allowed the participants to receive effective treatment when penicillin became widely available after World War II. d. The National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research was created following the hearings.

Answer 1

The statement that is false about the Tuskegee study is that the U.S. Public Health Services allowed participants to receive effective treatment when penicillin became widely available after World War II. Option C is correct.

Between 1932 and 1972 the U.S. Public Health Service carried out this clinical experiment or study known as Tuskegee aiming to to analyse the natural history of untreated syphilis. It was considered unethical. It was conducted by the Public Health Service along with the Tuskegee University, 600 impoverished, African-American sharecroppers were subjected to this study and  it showed that 399 out of them had latent syphilis and 201 did not contract the disease.